Stirling-PDF/frontend
James Brunton 1cc562a6b1
Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607)
# Description of Changes
This PR fixes false-positive TypeScript errors in our layered build
setup (core → proprietary → desktop) by ensuring each build’s typecheck
only evaluates files that are actually part of that build’s reachable
module graph. This prevents overridden core implementations from being
typechecked in higher-layer builds where they are effectively
unreachable due to alias-based overrides.

## Background

We maintain multiple build targets from a layered source tree:

- core: open source baseline
- proprietary: core + proprietary additions/overrides
- desktop: proprietary + desktop-specific additions/overrides

We implement overrides via paths/aliases such that placing a file in a
higher layer at the same relative path supersedes the lower-layer file
at runtime.

For safety, we run TypeScript typechecking independently per build
target to ensure all builds remain valid.

## Problem

Our existing tsconfig setup often typechecked files that are not
actually reachable in a given build. Specifically:

- When a file in core is overridden by a file in proprietary or desktop,
the overridden core file can still be included in the TypeScript Program
for the higher-layer build (typically due to broad include globs).
- This produces false-positive type errors in higher-layer typecheck
runs, even though those core files are effectively unreachable in the
build.

This created friction and noise, and meant we had to make unnecessary
changes to `core` to make the other builds happy, reducing type safety
in the process.

## Solution

This PR adjusts the tsconfig strategy so each build target's typecheck
is driven by reachable entrypoints rather than blanket inclusion of all
layer source trees. Concretely:

- Each build’s tsconfig now includes only:
- that build’s entrypoints and layer sources that are intended to be
compiled for the target
  - any shared/top-level sources required by the target
- Lower layers (e.g., core) are not globally included in higher-layer
builds; they are instead pulled in through module resolution only when
actually referenced (with paths ordering ensuring the correct override
wins).
- This means that we still check all the files that will actually be run
with whatever the overridden logic is, but avoid wasting time and
introducing false-positives by not checking files which have been
overridden.

## Notes
Unfortunately, the config we use for the type checking can't be the same
as the one we use for Vite in this strategy. Vite needs to know about
the entire source tree, so it can't only include the subfolders because
it causes build errors. Because of this, I've duplicated the existing
(valid) tsconfig files and use them for Vite. This is a little clunky
but it does the job. Some day hopefully I'll come back to it and be able
to figure out a nicer way to do it, but for now at least, this solves
the type checking issues without impacting the runtime builds.

Also, I noticed that `@desktop` is defined as an alias, which was
presumably missed when I was removing the self-aliases from the files. I
don't see why you'd ever need to have a desktop file reference
`@desktop` to say "import this but make it impossible for something else
to override the import". I've removed the `@desktop` alias in this PR
while I was in there.
2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
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public feat(stamp): add dynamic variables and templates for stamp text customization (#5546) 2026-01-29 21:16:14 +00:00
scripts feat(frontend): enhance icon detection and update config navigation icon (#5524) 2026-01-22 19:37:37 +00:00
src Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
src-tauri 🤖 format everything with pre-commit by stirlingbot (#5538) 2026-01-29 23:07:59 +00:00
.gitignore V2 Replace Google Fonts icons with locally bundled Iconify icons (#4283) 2025-08-25 16:07:55 +01:00
eslint.config.mjs V2 Tauri integration (#3854) 2025-11-05 11:44:59 +00:00
index.html photo scan V2 (#5255) 2025-12-30 18:55:56 +00:00
package-lock.json deps(embedPDF): Bump codebase to embedPDF v2.3.0 and adjust codebase for new features (#5567) 2026-01-28 16:10:43 +00:00
package.json deps(embedPDF): Bump codebase to embedPDF v2.3.0 and adjust codebase for new features (#5567) 2026-01-28 16:10:43 +00:00
playwright.config.ts
postcss.config.js
README.md V2 Tauri integration (#3854) 2025-11-05 11:44:59 +00:00
tailwind.config.js style(frontend): standardize semicolons across TS/JS configs and components (#4525) 2025-09-29 12:55:53 +01:00
tsconfig.core.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.core.vite.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.desktop.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.desktop.vite.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.proprietary.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.proprietary.vite.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
vite-env.d.ts Stripe and license payment integration (#4935) 2025-11-20 12:07:37 +00:00
vite.config.ts Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
vitest.config.ts Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00

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